Tag: zx spectrum
Most of you that know me, will know that I am an avid Commodore fangirl, with much knowledge of everything Commodore. This might be why I decided to create the website Commodore is Awesome! However Commodore isn’t my only Forté and I have a great love for many other Retrogame formats including Amstrad, Acorn and the Sinclair Machines. One particular…
Peter McQuillan (soiaf) from World of Spectrum forums is relatively new to coding, he started learning to code in z80 assembly only earlier this year, reading Jonathan Cauldwell’s “How to write ZX Spectrum Games” and from reading articles in the development section of WOS. However within this short amount of time, he has come up with a fantastic new Tetris…
Skool Daze is a computer game released by Microsphere in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 computers. It was written by David and Helen Reidy, with graphics designed by Keith Warrington. The game was commercially and critically successful, and praised for its original concept. It has since been regarded as one of the pioneers of the sandbox game…
mariuszw on AtariAge forum has ported over Ocean’s ‘The Great Escape‘ to the 8bit Atari!The Great Escape was originally released back in the 80’s on the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and also DOS. The perspective is an isometric view, much like Batman and Head over Heels on the ZX Spectrum. ScenarioThe player controls an unnamed prisoner of war…
Grass! .. Never had so much fun, Grass! .. Never had so much fun!Ever felt like cutting the grass for fun? Nope me neither! However this is definitely more entertaining than physically cutting real grass. The GameAll you have to do is to mow lawns, precisely and accurately. The game consists of two stages, first stage – a simple “fact-finding”,…
farvardin from WOS Forum has composed (and recorded) some music entirely for the ZX Spectrum beeper. Inspired from metal and melancholic, it’s not your usual happy chiptunes most people are a custom to. However it’s a nice refreshing change to see it done in a different way. You can download it for free in MP3, FLAC format and more. The…
We have a real treat for all you Spectrum Owners out there! COMPLICA DX (by Einar Saukas, Dave Hughes and Yerzmyey) is a fantastic new colourful Arcade style puzzler. Take Connect 4 and give it a twist and you end up with COMPLICA DX! WARNING, this game is Extremely addictive and will have you pulling your hair out, you have…
Euphoria 2D is a new turn-based strategy for the ZX Spectrum. It’s a cross between “The Kingdom of Euphoria” and “Civilization”, but closer to the latter. The game is in two languages – Russian and English.Latest Changes and additions– Farmers can cut wood and key K (“take”), not only to 0 (“pull down”);– Stone extracted once from a mountain, but…
Rick Dangerous was developed by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and DOS based PCs. The game was released in 1989 and published by Rainbird Software in Europe and the rest of the world, and on the MicroPlay label (part of MicroProse) in America. PlotThe plot of Rick Dangerous is largely based on…
The PDF-magazine REV’n’GE (“Retro Emulator Vision and Game”) Issue 35 is out. The magazine focuses on reviewing retro games released for several platforms. This edition brings: Lords of the Rings – Amiga Firelord – C64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum Firestar – MSX Tau Zero Redux – C64 Cobrastrike – Macintosh and much more… Link: Download Free PDF
